K.W.
R. -- you are perfectly NORMAL! Mommys are a lonely bunch! Congrats to you for getting yourself out there!!!! I'm in a club that's just had a BIG turnover due to ages of kids. There are about 6 new members and 7-10 pretty active members. The MOMS Club has chapters all over the place. (They do encourage moms to stay in their "zip codes" because driving far to playdates gets to be tiresome after awhile, and it is great if the kids could go to school together, eventually.)
But there are reasons for not staying in your zip code, and I've joined groups outside my area. Once you start looking on the web, you are going to find, there are private mommy clubs and public mommy clubs. We are a non-profit public club -- so you have a better chance of not having a "clique" type group. ((I'm not saying you aren't going to want to invite one or two moms who you "click" with over for a special playdate.....but you won't end up excluding other moms because you are going to meet a lot of moms you really enjoy hanging out with!)) Another great aspect of the MOMS club is that once you are a member, you are provided with a calendar. Then, you pick and choose which activities you want to participate in. No pressure or feeling that you "have" to attend on a certain date. We are a very democratic group -- another big plus as oppose to groups formed by a few strong mommy personalities. I hope you check us out -- or the MOMS Club in your area!
moms club international has a national website and
our email address & website is just up and running last week!
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www.geocities.com/oviedomomsclub
hope this helps!
tara
p.s. There is a lot more I could say because I've stayed home for 6 years and moved to 3 different states during that time with 3 young children.......the MOMS club has been my life line during all that time........they have a service project, so we help the community, they have mom's night out, they have sub-groups -- exercise club, book club, recipe club.........and
pretty much whatever group you want to start............and if you don't want to be THAT involved but just want to come out once or twice a week for a playdate -- that's great too!